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Proximal LAD STEMI on EKG

Pt required pressors to get to PCI.

Eric Abrams, MD @eabramsMD

#Proximal #LAD #STEMI
Proximal LAD STEMI ... #STEMI #EKG #ECG ... #clinical #cardiology ... #Electrocardiogram ... #Anterior
De Winter T Wave ECG Pattern 
STEMI Equivalent - Left anterior descending (LAD) occlusion 

1) Upsloping
Pattern STEMI ... Equivalent - Left anterior ... descending (LAD ... #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Left Anterior Fascicular Block on EKG
 • Left axis deviation (LAD) (-45 degrees to -90 degrees)
Block on EKG ... axis deviation (LAD ... -90 degrees) ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #EKG #ECG #Electrocardiogram
Myocardial infarction localization. A 12 lead EKG creates a 360 degree view of the electrical activity
A 12 lead EKG creates ... a 360 degree view ... V4 sit over the anterior ... #EKG #diagram #Electrocardiogram ... #STEMI #Localization
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
have no pain - LAD ... avR - proximal LAD ... in avL - early inferior ... #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #STEMI
Approach to ECGs - Syncope Syndromes
Electrolytes
 • ↑K - brady, peak T, wide QRS, no P,
Approach to ECGs ... see below), 1st degree ... Syncope #Syndromes #ECG ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #electrocardiogram
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Diagnosis Framework STEMI ... ventricle pacing lead ... anteroseptal and inferior ... STElevation #ST #STEMI ... #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
from placenta): block ... tachycardia on the electrocardiogram ... congestion on a CXR ... patients require LVAD ... Cardiomyopathy #Cardiology